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March 20th, 2017

Those who have the honor of naming a new species can put a lot of thought into it, to come up with a wonderfully evocative name like Tyrannosaurus rex. Or they can go the easy route, like whoever named Allos...

(Video Link)You might not expect that animals would care much about tetherball, but Rambo the ram can't pass by any challenge without giving it his best. As this video demonstrates, here's what happens when you giv...

In the 1930s, the Graf Zeppelin made its first airmail delivery to the Americas. It was a spectacular sight, somewhat akin to aliens landing on earth. The German airship company was proud of the world's largest zeppelin,...

(Image Link)Rebellion is as normal for teenagers as acne and hormonal rage, and teens can be total terrors while they're in the midst of their "broody" phase.They naturally don't see it as a phase, but their parents know...

Like Master Splinter once said, "The path that leads to what we truly desire is long and difficult, but only by following that path do we achieve our goal." And by goal, I think he meant pizza and by pa...

Most people wear clothes on a daily basis without stopping to consider why their ascot, jersey and tuxedo aren't called a silky scarf, athletic tank top or fancy suit.But if you're curious they're all named after places...

This is why we can't have nice things. Locals have stealing toilet paper from the public bathrooms at the Temple of Heaven in Beijing, causing the park to use over 30 rolls of toilet paper a day. A local news inv...

We all know that nanotechnology and nanoscience deal with really, really, really small things, but how small is small, exactly? Let the Molecular Foundry, part of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laborator...

DJ Koala by NemiMakeitAustralia had been overrun with DJs, and they all insisted on playing the same tribal funk or acid house junk that died in the 90s, so the human club scene started to die out. This would have been...

Geordi La Forge was born blind and yet he can see better than anyone else on the Enterprise thanks to his signature visor.It may look like a hair clip, and clash with everything in his wardrobe, but as this comic by Cald...

Now this is a backyard firepit fit for Conan the Barbarian! Forget firelogs - keep yourself warm with fires fueled by burning the skulls of your enemies. But there's no need to vanquish Thulsa Doom and his armies...

Yeah, you can tell this is a big chicken. When he finally squeezes his whole body through the door of the coop, you'll see he's even bigger than you thought! Wait, how big is he really? We can only tell when a hen shows...

There are a lot of Reddit communities out there, but for those who love cars and a good laugh, Shitty Car Mods is the place to visit. It's almost amazing how many cars are featured on the subreddit because it's just disg...

The sport of curling involves sliding a stone across a field of ice to score points and knock the opposing teams stone out of points. Curling stones are very expensive, so a group of Russians came up with a better idea:...

The following article is from the book Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Plunges into California.(Image credit: Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD)How much do you know about the Angelenos of the Pleistocene? Yeah, us eit...